WPF - Windows Presentation Foundation

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∟WPF - Windows Presentation Foundation

Tutorial notes and examples are provided on WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation). Topics include introduction of WPF; System.Windows.Application and System.Windows.Window classes; System.Windows.Controls.* classes; Button click example; MSBuild project file for WPF applications..

What Is WPF?

System.Windows.Application Class

System.Windows.Window Class

HelloWPF.cs - First WPF Application

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

WPF Button Click Test

Compiling WPF Applications with MSBuild

What Is XAML?

Takeaways:

WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) a graphical subsystem in .NET Framework for Windows GUI applications.
System.Windows.Application class represents a WPF application.
System.Windows.Window class represents a window or a dialog box on the screen.
The entry point, Main() method, of a WPF application must be marked as STA (Single-Threaded Apartment) Thread: [System.STAThread].
System.Windows.Controls namespace contains classes representing UI controls, like buttons, check boxes, combo boxes, labels, panels, etc.
The "+=" operator can be used to assign an event handler function to an event.
WPF assembly (.dll) files are located at: "C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.6.1".
MSBuild can be used to help build WPF applications.
XAML (eXtensible Application Markup Language) can be used to separate out UI look and feel design out of application behavior source code.